When talking about self-defence, we spend a large portion of the time talking about offensive techniques. If someone attacks you, then you punch him, kick him, throw him, choke him, or whatever. Invariably, the focus is on what you are doing to him to stop him, and rightly so. You need to end the confrontation, and most of your best ways to do that involve attacking hard as soon as possible. We mustn’t neglect defence though. If your opponent throws a punch, or swings a weapon, then ...
What do tai chi practitioners, sumo wrestlers, and most playground bullies have in common? They all like to incorporate pushing people into their combative arsenal. And so should you. Pushing can be a very useful self defence technique if used in the right circumstances, even if it doesn’t have the obvious effects of more powerful striking techniques. Pushing doesn’t always get the best press. In terms of the martial arts, only those mentioned above really do it with any regularity, ...
So, you’ve just been attacked. You’ve put into action all those things that you’ve been practising in your self-defence lessons, and you’ve done well enough to either get away in one piece or completely incapacitate your assailant. Great, well done. Don’t think that you’re done though. You have almost more to do after a violent encounter than during one, and how you deal with the phase after such a situation can make the difference between one that ends happily for you in the longer term and one ...
One of the most basic summations of physical self-defence is simply: hit the other person really hard. That’s it. For all the useful tricks and tips that are out there, a good sixty or seventy percent of the time, it involves nothing more than getting a good, hard shot in early. It’s a game that is primarily about power, although there are certainly other factors at play. Now, that might be a comforting thought for some people, but I’m guessing that, for the majority, it’s a little ...
When you practise for self defence, there are plenty of factors you need to take into account, including how easily a particular move or idea will work under stress, whether it exposes you to further danger, whether it will work against a much larger and stronger opponent, and whether the likely effects of the move are going to constitute a reasonable response to the attack in the eyes of the law. One thing we can be reasonably certain of not having to worry about, however, is how are techniques ...
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